SOCIETY

The police force that investigated the murder of Milly Dowler have been accused of knowing that the schoolgirls phone was illegally hacked as far back as 2002.

Police in Cannes have arrested four men on suspicion of swindling casinos out of hundreds of thousands of Euros as part of an organised gang.

Raj Rajaratnam, a self-made hedge fund tycoon convicted in the biggest Wall Street trading scandal in a generation, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Thursday.

Liberia is to release a first batch of official results on Thursday from its hotly contested presidential election.

More than 1 in 5 of homeowners regret buying the property they live in according to PropertyCheck – an information website on properties and their surrounding areas.

One year ago today, the rescue of 33 Chilean miners who had been trapped nearly half a mile underground for 69 days began. Immediately after the daring rescue from the San Jose mine, fame and admiration were thrust upon the "Los 33" as the story of their horrific ordeal and survival became worldwide news.

Paris prosecutors have dropped charges of attempted rape brought against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan by French journalist Tristane Banon.

The British Prime Minster has become the latest high profile member to join the social media network Linkedin Downing Street revealed today.

Vincent Tabak joked about the Joanna Yeates murder investigation at dinner parties and told friends whoever killed Miss Yeates must be a "crazy detached person" to behave normally after the murder, a jury was told today.

The FBI arrested a computer hacker Wednesday for allegedly infiltrating the emails of Hollywood stars, including Scarlett Johansson.

Berlusconi has asked parliament for a confidence vote that will allow him to continue leading the centre-right coalition amid concerns for his political future.

The IBTimes chooses the funniest local newspaper headlines from around Britain

A sex advice clinic aimed at the older generations has been cancelled because of a “lack of interest” in the class.

A 3 year old boy had his armed ripped off after he put his hand into a revolving washing machine.

Unconfirmed reports that one of Col Muammar Gaddafi's sons has been captured in Sirte have caused confusion after a Libyan spokesman said that there was no information that Mutassim Gaddafi had been seized.

In the first case of its kind in Britain, a mother killed her baby daughter by pouring liquid food into her lungs from a milk jug The Old Baily heard.

A gunman opened fire at a busy hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, leaving eight people dead and another critically wounded.

A bomb was detonated outside the City of Culture office in Derry, Northern Ireland on Wednesday night, police said.

A post office worker yesterday has been sentenced to 100 hours community service and ordered to pay £500 costs for trying to get a police officer to carry out an unauthorised police check on her future son in law.

He's a Walter Mitty character who enjoys masquerading as something he is not, according to friends

In a press conference on Wednesday Egyptian military leaders delivered their official version of Sunday's events, which has been widely discredited by journalist, witnesses and activists at the scene.

The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S bound passenger plane on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb in his underwear has pleaded guilty to all charges.

Residents of Dale Farm have lost their High Court battle against eviction.

The son of the lottery winner Angela Dawes has revealed that he was kicked out of his home by his mum aged 12

Staggering around covered in fake blood, eating bank notes and uttering gutteral moans on the state of the economy, demonstrators dressed as "corporate zombies" are making a stand against Wall Street bankers.

A video has emerged showing former FIFA-vice president encouraging Caribbean officials to accept cash gifts from Mohamed Bin Hammam, the former presidential candidate.

Judges have condemned government rules to withhold visas for under 21s as a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.

A Facebook campaign called: “Give Bruce Forsyth a Knighthood,” finally got their wish today when the 83-year old entertainer was knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace earlier today.

Perhaps the most famous prisoner in the Middle East, Gilad Shalit (or rather, the campaign for his release) has proved a powerful rallying point for Israeli's over the past five years. But the young soldier has also been used as a political pawn by the Israeli government to justify their blockade of the Gaza strip.